Retainer medicine – from 7 years ago

We need a new model, and perhaps understanding the success of the retainer model would inform true reform.

Do internists do primary care?

The term primary care works in the halls of the Capital, but it fails in the minds of students and residents.

It does not refer to subspecialists in general, just those who ignore any problem that does not fit their tunnel vision of their purview.

He blogs about urban planning and the economy. I highly recommend this thought-provoking piece he wrote this week – Where is the pie?

He asks interesting and important questions. I would love to see a large number of comments to this post.

This NY Times article is worthwhile – for physicians and non-physicians alike – Stomach Bug Crystallizes an Antibiotic Threat

The author is a former student (one month on the internal medicine wards.) He writes an important piece that we should all read.

We must all make mistakes as we mature as physicians. We should improve our interactive skills and our tolerance with experience and practice.

I object to doing things that have virtually no chance of helping the patient, and significant chance of harming the patient further.

I know many investigators who plan to apply for CER studies. I hope they try to design unbiased studies. I believe they will.